Foundation Settlement Piering Services
Our team at Perma-Seal offers professional foundation piering services to repair foundation settlement problems for Chicago and NW Indiana home and business owners.
Foundation Settlement Piering
When you have a sinking or settling foundation, it can be a very worrisome situation. Thankfully, we have performed foundation repairs on thousands of homes in the Chicagoland area over the years and we have a solution that will work for your home as well. While some foundation problems can lead to the need for a waterproofing solution, many problems can be repaired and will not have future waterproofing issues.
Perma-Seal utilizes a foundation piering system that can be used to permanently stabilize your home’s foundation. Our team will excavate to below the foundation and install piering foundation brackets. Then, piers are hydraulically driven into the ground until they reach competent load-bearing earth or bedrock. The weight of your home is carefully transferred to these piers to ensure that there is no further settlement. Finally, your home can slowly be lifted back to its original, level position, in most cases.
Our Foundation Piering Solutions
We use two different types of foundation piers depending on the location and severity of the problem, push piers and helical piers. Push piers work by attaching a bracket to the foundation and forcing the piers into the soil until they reach bedrock or soil that can support the weight to slowly raise the sunken foundation back up. The helical piers provide the same end result but instead of pushing them into the ground, they are inserted like a screw and can be effective at a lower soil depth. Our team members will determine the type of pier we choose after they evaluate the state of the foundation.
Push Piers
Our team at Perma-Seal has used push piers, which are hydraulically driven steel piers, to repair settling foundations across the Chicago area for years. The foundation piering system we uses is designed to support the weight of your structure by transferring the load to bedrock or load bearing soil beneath the foundation.
Helical Piers
Helical piers, which are also known as screwpiles, are called such because they resemble a large screw. Our team uses these piers where the application does not require as high of a weight load. They are driven into the ground like a screw and support the weight of the structure by compacting the dirt between the screw plates on the side.Â
Contact Us For Foundation Settlement Repair in Chicago and NW Indiana
If you’d like to schedule a consultation with a member of our team to discuss a sinking or settling foundation repair solution for your home, please contact us today.